Rank to command a ARMY tank WW2?

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What was the minimum rank to command a army tank in WW2?

 

Also, when it was a Army Sergeant in command of a tank, what rank of Sergeant would he most likely be?

 

In case this makes any difference, I am interested in the Late WW2 Pacific Island army tankers

 

Thanks!

[Wailuna]

...What was the minimum rank to command a army tank in WW2?

This chart comes from another forum, where it was posted in response to a similar question. It gives the rank breakdown of tank crews in a late WWII Army medium tank company. Light tank crews had the same rank structure for tank commanders and a similar, though not identical, rank structure for the balance of the light tank crew (the M24 light tank had a 5-man crew, while the M5 light tank had a 4-man crew, omitting the cannoneer/assistant gunner).

 

This is the medium tank company, with three platoons of five M4 medium tanks each, which each had a crew of five:

No. 1 Tank

Tank Commander: 1st or 2nd Lieutenant (also the Platoon Commander)

Gunner: Corporal

Driver: Technician 4th Grade

Cannoneer (assistant gunner): Private or PFC

Bow Gunner: Private or PFC

 

No. 4 Tank

Tank Commander: Staff Sergeant (also the Platoon Sergeant)

Gunner: Corporal

Driver: Technician 4th Grade

Cannoneer (assistant gunner): Private or PFC

Bow Gunner: Private or PFC

 

No. 2, No. 3, and No. 5 Tank

Tank Commander: Sergeant

Gunner: Corporal

Driver: Technician 5th Grade

Cannoneer (assistant gunner): Private or PFC

Bow Gunner: Private or PFC

Source: TO&E 17-27, Medium Tank Company, Nov. 18, 1944, and TO&E 17-17, Light Tank Company, Nov. 11, 1944.

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Thanks Wailuna...that was what I was looking for.